Author Topic: Incredibly dense osage-Pictures (Read 3870 times)

Pappy · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2012, 08:09:38 am »

Don't look to bad, I like close rings,the stave must be a lot smaller than it looks like in the picture $:-\$
Pappy

Hrothgar · « **Reply #16 on:** December 21, 2012, 09:05:11 am »

Thanks for all the advice. I guess I can try a couple methods.

Pappy- From one log I ended up with 8 straight, clean billets- 4 are 55" and 4 are 42". A couple of the longer billets will become "plains" short bows. My success with de-crowning has only been mediocre, ended up with a squirrelly tillered hackberry bow.

PEARL DRUMS · « **Reply #17 on:** December 21, 2012, 09:17:05 am »

All this leave the sapwood on and decrowning stuff and sinew is making my head hurt. Chase a ring or three and build a bow with it. Its good wood, you just may have to go down a few rings to find one you like.

JonW · « **Reply #18 on:** December 21, 2012, 09:58:26 am »

If he only has an inch of depth to work with he won't be able to chase very many rings.

toomanyknots · « **Reply #19 on:** December 21, 2012, 10:50:08 am »

Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on December 21, 2012, 09:17:05 am

All this leave the sapwood on and decrowning stuff and sinew is making my head hurt. Chase a ring or three and build a bow with it. Its good wood, you just may have to go down a few rings to find one you like.

Why not just remove the bark and make a bow? Seems alot easier to me. You really think less than an 1/8" sapwood is gonna effect the performance of a bow?

Pappy · « **Reply #20 on:** December 21, 2012, 11:10:00 am »

I have to say I am with Pearl,I never been much on leaving the sap on Osage,I know it will work, but just like I said about board bows,never really seen the need.

What ever you decide, I feel pretty sure their is a bow in there somewhere,you just need to find it.

Pappy

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